Marine Salvage

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Monday, December 9, 2013
Ship Photos of The Day – Stephen L. Colby Salvage Gets Cold(er)
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Ship Photos of The Day – Stephen L. Colby Salvage Gets Cold(er)

With temperatures dropping and a fresh blanket of snow, the Stephen L. Colby sits partially submerged in the Mississippi River near LeClaire,

December 9, 2013
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Monday, December 2, 2013
Stephen L. Colby Response Switches Gears on Mississippi River – Salvage Update
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Stephen L. Colby Response Switches Gears on Mississippi River – Salvage Update

A Unified Command set up in response to the Stephen L. Colby towboat sinking and oil spill on the Mississippi River has shifted its operations from lightering

December 2, 2013
Total Views: 48

Thursday, November 7, 2013
MV Siderfly Removed from Germany’s Kiel Canal – UPDATE
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MV Siderfly Removed from Germany’s Kiel Canal – UPDATE

The stricken MV Siderfly has been removed from Germany's Kiel Canal after more than a week after a collision left the vessel grounded and heavily listing along

November 7, 2013
Total Views: 81

Thursday, October 31, 2013
Kiel Canal Reopens After Bulldozers Secure Half-Sunk MV Siderfly [PHOTOS]
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Kiel Canal Reopens After Bulldozers Secure Half-Sunk MV Siderfly [PHOTOS]

The Kiel Canal in Germany partially reopened Thursday after a three-day closure caused by a ship collision which left a 100-meter cargo ship on the verge of

October 31, 2013
Total Views: 115

Friday, October 11, 2013
VIDEO: Animation Shows Float-On of Costa Concordia Onboard Dockwise Vanguard
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VIDEO: Animation Shows Float-On of Costa Concordia Onboard Dockwise Vanguard

For those of you who have never seen Dockwise Vanguard in action, and even for those of you who have, it's difficult to comprehend how the float-on is going to

October 11, 2013
Total Views: 273

Thursday, October 10, 2013
Dockwise Vanguard to Lift Costa Concordia from Giglio
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Dockwise Vanguard to Lift Costa Concordia from Giglio

Owners of the Costa Concordia have contracted the world's largest semi-submersible heavy lift ship to lift the now-upright shipwreck and carry it, not tow it,

October 10, 2013
Total Views: 825

INTERVIEW: The Growth of Technology in Marine Salvage with Titan’s Captain Rich Habib
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INTERVIEW: The Growth of Technology in Marine Salvage with Titan’s Captain Rich Habib

Titan Salvage's Managing Director, Captain Rich Habib, talks about emerging technology, the Costa Concordia parbuckling and keeping it old

October 10, 2013
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
MV Smart Stern Refloated and Sunk Off South Africa [PHOTOS]
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MV Smart Stern Refloated and Sunk Off South Africa [PHOTOS]

A salvage team working to remove the MV Smart shipwreck in Richards Bay, South Africa successfully refloated the stern section of the broken capesize bulk

October 8, 2013
Total Views: 524

Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Costa Crociere Offers Heartfelt ‘Thank You’ to Costa Concordia Salvage Workers
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Costa Crociere Offers Heartfelt ‘Thank You’ to Costa Concordia Salvage Workers

Giglio residents aside, there is probably nobody more happy than Costa Crociere that the once luxurious Costa Concordia cruise ship is finally off the rocks of

September 18, 2013
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Costa Concordia Parbuckling Operation – Time Lapse Video
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Costa Concordia Parbuckling Operation – Time Lapse Video

The following is the full time lapse video of the Costa Concordia parbuckling operation which went off without a hitch yesterday. SEE ALSO: Costa Concordia

September 17, 2013
Total Views: 221

Costa Concordia Successfully Righted…It’s Time for a Beer
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Costa Concordia Successfully Righted…It’s Time for a Beer

The Costa Concordia liner was pulled upright off the island of Giglio on Tuesday, in one of the world's most complex and expensive salvage operations which the

September 17, 2013
Total Views: 94

Monday, September 16, 2013
Parbuckling of Costa Concordia Completed -UPDATE
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Parbuckling of Costa Concordia Completed -UPDATE

Officials in Italy have confirmed that the parbuckling of the Costa Concordia has been completed after a 19 hour operation to upright the

September 16, 2013
Total Views: 59

Friday, September 13, 2013
Insurers on Edge as Costa Concordia Salvage Nears
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Insurers on Edge as Costa Concordia Salvage Nears

When salvage teams begin hauling the wrecked Costa Concordia liner upright on the Italian island of Giglio next week, the financial stakes for insurers will be

September 13, 2013
Total Views: 130

Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Costa Concordia Salvage: Parbuckling Could Kick Off Monday
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Costa Concordia Salvage: Parbuckling Could Kick Off Monday

The wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship could be upright again next week, nearly two years after the liner capsized and killed at least 30 people off the

September 11, 2013
Total Views: 52

Monday, September 9, 2013
MV Smart Grounding: Owners Rule Out Mechanical Failure… Before Ship Hit Bottom
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MV Smart Grounding: Owners Rule Out Mechanical Failure… Before Ship Hit Bottom

Owners of the stricken MV Smart say that there is no evidence to suggest that mechanical or structural failure contributed to the ship breaking up outside

September 9, 2013
Total Views: 361

Friday, September 6, 2013
Italy Approves Costa Concordia Parbuckling
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Italy Approves Costa Concordia Parbuckling

Authorities in Italy have given engineers the green light to carry out the parbuckling of the stricken Costa Concordia cruise ship at the Island of

September 6, 2013
Total Views: 31

Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Heavy Fuel Oil Removed from MV Smart Wreck
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Heavy Fuel Oil Removed from MV Smart Wreck

Salvors in South Africa have removed all heavy fuel oil from the capesize bulk carrier MV Smart, which ran aground and broke up on a sand bar on August 19

September 4, 2013
Total Views: 108

Wednesday, August 28, 2013
subtech mv smart salvage
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SPOTD: Subtech Continues Fuel Removal from MV Smart [8 Photos]

Durban-based salvage company Subtech released the following photos of the salvage operation they are currently conducting off Richards Bay, South Africa

August 28, 2013
Total Views: 492

Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Costa Concordia Salvage Makes Progress
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Costa Concordia Salvage Makes Progress

Salvors with the Titan-Micoperi consortium on Tuesday announced the completion of another important step towards the parbuckling -or uprighting- of the Costa

August 27, 2013
Total Views: 91

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Salvors Make Progress Pumping Heavy Fuel Oil from MV Smart

eNCA News posted an update today on the ongoing salvage of the MV Smart and the potential environmental impact of the cargo of coal that is open to the

August 27, 2013
Total Views: 53